Cushion.



B. F. FORTINER & J. G. MAIN.

CUSHION.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4. 190a.

Patented June 15, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- ATTORNEY B.'F. FORTINER & J. G. MAIN.

CUSHION.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 4, 190a.

PatentedJfine 15, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2' ATTORNEY accordance with the metal so that it shall bepractically firethe county Pa mo.

BENJAMIN F. FORTINER AND JAMES G. MAIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNORS TO THE HALEAN'D KILBURN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF DELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILA- CUSHION.

Application filed April 4,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, BEN AMIN F. FORTI- KER and JAMES G'. MAIN, citizensof the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in: of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

This invention concerns cushions adapted particularly seats for railwaycars.

. The invention is of particular utility in the construction of cushionsfor use as backs of car seats, but is also applicable to seat cushionsfor car seats and cushlons for other uses.

The object of the invention is to effect certain improvements in theconstruction of such cushions with respect particularly to the methodsof applying the upholstery and covering material to the frames of thecushions whereby greater strength and superior wearing qualities areobtained and the cost of manufacturing the cushionsredvuced. p

y The frame of the cushion constructed in invention is made of culty hasbeen experienced heretoforein applying the upholstery and coveringmaterial to the metallic frame and securing it firmly thereto so thatthe upholstery will not shift its position and the cushion will not showwear over a long period of use.

One of the objects of our invention is to provide an improved method ofapplying the, upholstery and covering to the frame whereby'therequisitestrength is obtained and reduction in the cost of manufacture effected.The cushiom of our invention is adapted particularly for use as a backcushion in a car seat and, when so used, is supported upon supportinglevers which enter sockets formed at the bottom of the side edges of thecushion and from which the cushion may be readily withdrawn for cleaningor repairing. Our invention also includes an improved method of securingthe Specification of Letters Patent.

for use in the construction of Patented June 15, 191 .5. 1908. SerialNo. 425,129.

F igiire 1 is an elevation of the cushion,

broken away in part to show the construction, Fig. 2 is a transversesection on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of aportion of the cushion, 4 is an enlarged sectionalview on line of Fig. land Fig. 5 is adetail view hereinafter referred to. Referring to thesedrawings, the frame of the cushion is of rectangular form and consistsof frame members of pressed sheetmetal secured together at their ends.Preferably the frame consists of two such members 1 and 2, the latterbeing bent to form three sides of the rectangular frame. Each of theseframe members is pressed to provide a groove 3 on the outer side thereofand integralflanges 4' atrthe lateral edges turned inwardly of theframe. Certain of these flanges may be curved in the direction of theirlength, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the covering material of the cushionoverlying these flanges is thereby given the curvature desired cushion.In order to secure the adjacent ends of the two frame members togethermetallic corner-pieces 5 are provided to which the ends of the framemembers are secured in any suitable manner. These corner-pieces arecastings each "having two walls lying at right angles one to the otherand gussets 6 t0,contribute to their strength. In order to reinforce theframe at the corners formed by the bends in the member 2, braces 7 areprovided consisting of sheet-metal strips pressed to provide flanges attheir lateral edges, these flanges being riveted to the flanges formedon the frame member 2. The ooves 3 in the frame members 1 and 2 fdrm agroove extending entirely around the outer side of the frame and havingstrips 8 of wood, or other suitable material, secured therein. except atthe lower portions of the sides of the frame for a purpose hereinafterexplained. A central brace 9 formed of sheet-metalexten'ds across theframe and has its ends secured to opposite sides thereof.

Fig.- 4 4 for the surface material of thetend across the frameperpendicular tothe springs brace 9 and their ends are riveted to thein- I wardly turned flanges 4: on the frame mem'-' bers 1 and 2. Theseflat springs are yieldingly 11 which lie between the flat springs 10 onopposite sides of the cushion and between those springs and the brace 9.1

In order to secure the upholstery and covering material of the cushionto the-frame, strips of wood in addition to those located in the grooves3 are employed, these strips being preferably covered with canvas; Thesecanvas-covered strips 12-are secured to the flanges 4 on the framemembers 1 and 2, so that on each side of the frame a contin-\ uoust'acking strip .is provided extending entirely around the outer edge ofthe frame. Thestrips 12 may be held in place by rivets 13 securing themto the flanges 4. In cushions of this type it is usual to provide aninner covering of fabric termed the first canvas ,'over this theupholstery, and then the outer coveringwhich may be'of lush or othersuitable material, and if desire a covering of a suitable material suchfor instance as muslin may be provided between the upholstery materialand the outer. covering. In ap lying these coverings to the frame, thecanvas 14 is drawn over theflat springs 10 on ,one side of the cushionand its edges are secured to the frame members and to the wooden strips8 in the grooves 3 therein by glue or otherwise, as shown at 15,

F g. 3. A similar covering 16 is then applied over the flat springs 10on the other side of. the cushion and its ed es securely glued to theframe over the e ges of the canvas covering 14, as shown at 17, An uholste edging 18 is then ap ii to each acesof t e cushion frame exten'ng entirely around the cushion or around the top and side edges only,as desired, the tacking strips 12 forming a foundation and sup ortfor'the edging; This edging is secure to then applied hsograme by tacks20 passing through the en strips 12, the ends of these tacks enmetalunderlying the strips 12 turned thereby so that they are w h gaging .t eand being clenched and held firmly against withdrawal. The hair or otherupholstery 21 is over the first canvas- 14' and 16 and within the areadefined by the edging 18. A textile covering 22 is then drawn over, thehair 21 and edging 18 on each side of the cushion and the e ges of thesetwo coverings are secured to the frame of the cushion m any suitablemanner, lpreferably by a few tacks driven through t e e es of thecovering and into the wooden stri s 8. The outer" covering'23 is then aplie over the Lees of the cushion and its e ges are securely fastened tothe frame of the cushion by a line of tacks driven through the of thecovsustained by a plurality of spiral erings 2322,16 and'14 as. into thewooden strips 8.

These tacks hold all of the several coverings firmly to the cushionframe and give ample strength to the finished cushion; as they not onlyhold the edges of the outer coverings 23 to the frame-but also the edgesof the coverings 22, 16 and 14, the latter may, in the construction ofthe cushion, be

secured to the framel'iy glue .or'by'a small I reduced to a minimum. Asabove mentioned the strips 8 of wood are omitted at-the lower portionsof the side edges of the. frame. .At these points the groove 3 formedvin the frame member 2 is enlarged and socket mem-- bers 24, U-shaped incross-section are secured within the enlarged portions. of thisgrooye hyscrews 25 passin 'th'rou opemngs' -m the frame member2ganden%diingthreaded openings "the corner-pieces 5.1 socket members 24are employed not only as sockets t i"receive the back-sup o vers 26 butalso to secure the v e outer coverings 22 and 23 to the" me; the

edges of the coverings 22 and 23 along the These" portions of theframe-where the wooden strips 8 are omitted, are carried down into thegroove 3 in,the frame member 2, as shown at 27, Fig. 4. When in thisposition the socket members 24 are inserted 111 place and secured bythescrews 25 so that they serve as clamps to hold the edges firmly totheframe. This having been done, covering lates 28 aresecured to theside edges of the rame by screws the ends of which enter threadedopenings in the corner pieces 5 so that these plates with the socketmembers 24 form openings extending lengthwise of the.

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side edges of the cushion adapted to receivethe back-supporting levers26.

Having described our invention, what. we claim as new therein and desireto secureby Letters Patent ofthe United States is:

1. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame-members securedtogether at their ends and havin the' lateral edges thereof turned inwary of the frame to form flanges extending at substantially a right angleto the body-portions of'the mem- 'bers, tacking strips disposed in theplane of the frame, lying flat' against' the outer sides of saidinwardly-turned flanges and secured to the flanges, springs supported onthefraxne, upholstery material to said tacking strips and a 'coveringexten over the frame, yieldingly sustalned b sai springs and havin itsedges secured the frame, substantia y as set forth. f

2. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame members securedtogether at no their ends and each pressed to provide flanges at itslateral edges extending inwardly of the frame, wide, thin tackingsupported thereby on both sides of the frame, and means for securingsaid material,

to said strips, substantially as described.

3. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame-members securedtogether at their ends, said members having grooves in the outer sidesthereof and integral flanges extending inwardly of the frame at theedges of the members, tacking strips in said grooves, tacking stripsdisposed in the plane of the frame, lying flat against said flanges andsecured to the outer sides of the flanges, springs supported on saidframe, upholstery material secured to the tacking strips on said flangesand a covering for the cushion yieldingly sustained by said springs andhaving its edges secured to the tacking stri s in said grooves,substantially as set forth. a v

4. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame members securedtogether at their ends and pressed to provide flanges extending inwardlyof the frame, tacking strips disposed in the plane of the frame, lyingagainst said flanges and secured to the vfianges, springs vsupported onsaid frame,

upholstery material extending over said springs and. yieldinglysustained thereby, and tacks securing said material to said strips, saidtacks extending through said strips and having their ends turned bysaidflanges substantially as described.

5. Iii a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame membei's securedtogether at their ends and pressed to provide flanges extending inwardlyof the frame, tacking strips disposed in the plane of the frame, lyingagainstsaid flanges and secured to the flanges, springs supported onsaid frame, strips of upholstery secured to said tacking strips,upholstery overlying-said springs, a covering extending -over saidupholstery and means for securing the edges of the covering to theframe, substantially as described.

6. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame members securedtogether at their ends and pressed to provide grooves on the outer sidesthereof, tacking strips in said grooves, springs supported on saidframe, inner and outer coverings extending over the same side of saidframe, means for securing the edges of said infier covering to saidframe, and tacks entering said tacking strips and securing the edges ofboth said coverings to said frame,,said tacks forming a securing meansfor the inner covering independent of and additional to the securingmeans above named, substantially as described.

r 7 In a cushion having upholstery on both sides thereof, a frame formedof sheet-metal frame-members secured together at their ends, saidmembers having grooves in the outer sides thereof and integral flangesexof the -members, tacking-strips in said grooves, thin tacking-stripsdisposed in the plane of the frame, lying flat against said flanges onboth sides ofthe frame and secured to the outer sides of the flanges,springs supported by said frame, canvas members on both sides of thecushion drawn over said springs and secured to the tacking strips in thegfooves, upholstery material positioned outside said canvas members andsecured through the same to the tackingstrips on said flanges, and acovering for the cushion, positioned outside of said members andupholstery material, and having its edges secured to the tacking-stripsin said grooves, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cushion, a frame formed of sheetmetal frame-members securedtogether,

pressed to provide a groove on the outer side thereof and integralflanges turned inwardly of the frame, a tacking-strip in said groove,thin tacking-strips lying flat against the outer sides of both of saidflanges, flat metal springs extending across the frame with their endsdisposed against the inner sides of the said flanges, rivets securingsaid thin tacking-strips and springsto said flanges, canvas members onboth sides of tending inwardly of the frame at the edges I the cushiondrawn over said springs and secured to the tacking-strip in the groove,upholstery material secured by tacks through said canvasmembers to thetackingstrips on the flanges, and a covering for the cushion, positionedoutside said members and upholstery material and secured to thetacking-strip in the groove, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed this-31st day of March, 1908.

R. M. FRIES, P. J. TUCKER.

and witnessed Correctionin Letters Patent No 1,143,182.

, It is hereby. certified that in Letters Patent N 0. 1,143,182 grantedJune 15, 1915,

the words disposed in tlze plane of t/zefram and lying against the outersides of said flanges on bot/2 sides of the frame secured to theflanges, and thet the said Letters Patentshould be read with thiscorrection therein that the same may conform to the reeord of the easein the Patent Ofliee. V I

Signed and sealed this 6th day of J uly A. D., 1915.

" I R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Omnmissioner of Patents.

[SEAL] upon the application pf Benjamin F. Fortiner and James G. Main,of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for animprovement in Cushion s, an errorappears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows:Page 3, lines 44), strike out the words I seeu'red to the outer sides ofsaid flanges on both sides of the frame, and insert

